The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-02-11

latlng 10 treasurers' receipts tor taxes, provid-
Years, If any.
Ed A. Smith was appointed clerk of the
committee on agricultural and territorial af-
fairs.
HOUSE.
The first bill considered in commit ttee OF
the whole was Council Bill No. So. 1t pre-
vides:
That all honorably discharged soldiers, sailors
ana marines who served the Union curing the
war OF the Rebellion, who shfli hereafter die
within the territory, and whose relatives or
friends are unable or unwilling to defray the
Charges OF their funeral. shall be buried at the
in pauper ground; and that the expense of
erecting a gravcstone furnished by the govern
ment over any such grave, shall be borne by the
territory.
The motion of White to strike out the word
unwilling" was lost. MI. Mentzer moved
that the bill be reported to the house with
the recommendation that it pass. The chair
put the motion and dec. AIRED the ayes have
II" without the formality of calling for the
negative votes.
The bill prohibiting, under penalty Of a
fine OF $50, the wearing of g. A. r. badges
except by members of the order, then came
up. Adams moved 1t be recommended to
pass. The motion was carried. The motion
TO Indefinitely postpone the house bill pro-
viding a bounty for killing blackbirds
was lost, and the bill was recommended
to pass. Council bill "a, to define in
compatibility in office was favorably
reported from the judiciary commit
tee. Hobart moved that the committee
report the bill to the house, with the recon-
mendatio. that 1T be indefinitely postponed
The motion was lost The hoase bill to ia
~cilitate making proofs in actions brought
to recover money was warmly debated,
Sullivan opposing the proposed act on the
ground that IL put the burden OF proof on
the defendant, which was contrary TO all
rulea OF Jurisprudence. He thought the bill
q dangerous one, and urged its defeat
Aikens and Crosse advocated the bill, and
finally it was made a special order for Mon
day afternoon next Counci Bill SO, re-
lating TO the issue of warrants in certain
cases, was opposed by Aikens, who said it
was simply an incentive TO perjury. IJ was
recommended to indefinite postponement A
motion that the committee of the whole rise
was voted down, but the chair declared it
carried all the same.
Williams of Burleigh moved that the re-
port of the committee OF the whole be
adopted, except that portion referring to the
coancil bill relating to incompatible
ity of officers. and that the bill
on judiciary, which motion prevailed.
A message from the governor nnounc his
approval of House Bill No. 81, repeating
chapter 81 Of the Law of 1881, relating TO
loans of money.
Bills ~Introduced-By Cooper, relating to the
duties OF county attorneys in cases of claims Of
workfngmen; it empowers county attorneys to
institute suit to recover wages where workmen
or are unable TO pay the expense
OF employing a lawyer: and such attorney shall,
when the claim is collected, pay IL over without
any deduction whatever, the county attorney to
charge and collect from the defendant for
services and costs, the same TO be paid
before the Judgment rendered in such case is
discharged. BY Aikens, for an act TO amend
article z of chapter IL of the code of civil pro-
nA1rEn DIR a. vi shat IL nhal ~
the duty of the auditor or clerk Of any county
within the territory to furnish the clerks Of any
civil township within the county, upon app)ea-
ton therefor, with all necessary books and
blanks for town purposes. By Dodds, amending
Session Laws, 1885, by adding to section / 1t
chapter lbs after the word condition" the foi-
owing words: Said trees to be not more than
twelve feet apart. BY Moore, to repeal sec
tion SO, chapter 20 of the political code, re
laring TO road and school poll tax.
The council joint resolution relating to
printing the journal passed its third reading.
On motion of Mr.. Aikens council bill 1873,
for the purchase of five hundred copies of
the Session avs of 1888 and 1885, was
passed under suspension OF the rules
THE COUNCIL
In the council this afternoon Mr.. Smith
presented a petition from the ladies OF Yank-
ton asking enactmentsf for the better protec-
ton of women and girls by raising the age or
consent to eighteen years. The following
bills were introduced:
BY Foster. to locate and establish . soldiers
home at Frankfort. Sphinx county, on eighty
acres of land to be donated for the purpose. BY
Allen, to amend sections 3 and 4, chapter .. Po-
litical Code: refers to the use OF money TO Sc
cure office. BY Dodge, to amend section 81 OF
the Code of Civil Procedure; 1t provides that
service of luminous on Incorporated companies
may be by leaving o copy OK the summons
with the companys president or other oflcers
named. BY Washabaugh, to amend section %.
chapter "a. of the Political Code.
rr IEya A.. 49, - wf~r
may be required to report to the court his
proceC lings and the condition of the estate
In his charge was passed. The council then
took up the house bill to raise the age OF
consent Mr.. McCumber moved TO amend
by substituting twelve for fourteen years
He argued that the bill as sent from the house
would put boys OF less mental and physical
vigor than girls In the position that they would
need protection. II the penalty only reached
men Of mature years he would be Wiling 10
make the age of consent in girls eighteen years.
He insisted that to raise the legal consent TO TINT
age proposed would leave male children OF ten.
der years and immature minds subject TO the
penalties of the rope.
Mr.. Wells said lt was not boys who COM
mitted crimes against young girls, but old
villains The roll being called the amend
ment was rejected-ayes, y; nays. 10. Mr.
smith moved to amend 10 make the age oil
q. sant eighteen years Lost Mr. Ericsson
moved to strike out fourteen and insert six
teen; carricd-ayes IL, nays 10. IT bill
then passed-ayes II. nays 8. Several mem
bers explained their views. when Nh. Bogart
moved 70 reconsider the vote by which the
bill passed Mr. Dodge argued that laws as
to crimes apply to youth as well as to age.
He said:
The only question to be considered here Il
whether q female child OF fourteen years Is com.
petent TO make a contract. The law did not per
init her to sell the most trivial piece of property,
but 1t did permit her to sell her honor and her
soul. To a male this me MT little, but to females
1t meant everything. But he thought there was
DANCE. III tho age was raised above fourteen
years. OF defeating the bill altogether. Perhaps,
TOO. the public was not yet educated up to max
ing a more radical change than that proposed by
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